More like a neck wreck! Nothing like a dumb belle! She ain't no Atlas is she?

Paul Pless

09-25-2013, 09:47 AM

what was she thinking?

pkrone

09-25-2013, 09:47 AM

I think she pooped her leotard while she was at it. Or at least blew out some hemorrhoids...

Figment

09-25-2013, 09:54 AM

The normal-speed is actually more telling than the slow-mo. She didn't quite hit the lockout overhead, and because she has that freakish flexibility that all girls seem to have, she brought the bar back down to her shoulders rather than just bailing-out properly.

If that right ankle is OK, she probably caught it right a few minutes later.

Shang

09-25-2013, 10:22 AM

what was she thinking?

Therein was the problem.

It's a dangerous sport. I still lift for strength training, but only in a cage.

Waddie

09-25-2013, 10:25 AM

More like a neck wreck! Nothing like a dumb belle! She ain't no Atlas is she?

Very funny !! You're in rare form today !!

regards,
Waddie

BrianW

09-25-2013, 03:16 PM

I simply avoid any lifts that require everything goes exactly right, and if they don't, injuries will happen so fast you cant stop them.

I can build muscle without flinging weights around.

Michael D. Storey

09-25-2013, 06:53 PM

it is my understanding that a lifter, especially a young one, is spotted on each side to avoid such a calamity. I would say to every one here that if that were your daughter, you would demand proper supervision. Your snide remarks are ill suited to a situation where a young person was in over her head. Smarten up. Also, if you watch carefully, it is clear that she knew how to lift, and may have lifted this much in the past.

leikec

09-25-2013, 07:04 PM

I hire people to lift things for me. Much safer...

Jeff C

hokiefan

09-25-2013, 07:08 PM

it is my understanding that a lifter, especially a young one, is spotted on each side to avoid such a calamity. I would say to every one here that if that were your daughter, you would demand proper supervision. Your snide remarks are ill suited to a situation where a young person was in over her head. Smarten up. Also, if you watch carefully, it is clear that she knew how to lift, and may have lifted this much in the past.

In training yes. Even experience athletes at the college and professional level spot for each other. But this appears to be a competition where there is generally no spotting.

it is my understanding that a lifter, especially a young one, is spotted on each side to avoid such a calamity. I would say to every one here that if that were your daughter, you would demand proper supervision. Your snide remarks are ill suited to a situation where a young person was in over her head. Smarten up. Also, if you watch carefully, it is clear that she knew how to lift, and may have lifted this much in the past.

You don't typically spot someone on the classical lifts. I'd estimate that the main reason things like this happen are when lifters try to save failed lifts instead of just dumping them.

LeeG

09-25-2013, 08:05 PM

I don't get the humor one bit.

BrianW

09-25-2013, 10:39 PM

It can be dangerous if done incorrectly, but overall it's significantly safer than most sports. It's just unusual and not well understood by most.

The only item in the list that I participate in, is the last one. So for me, it's 100% more likely to hurt me than any of those other things.

I don't need a (more) blown out knee, or a hernia, so I don't do anything like what that young lady was doing. ;)

TomF

09-26-2013, 04:56 AM

There's no way I know of to spot one of the "quick lifts". Unlike squats or bench, which can happen in a cage because the dangerous point is getting out from the bottom... and the bottom isn't on the floor itself... the danger point in a snatch is the overhead position.. Miss a lockout (like she did), have the bar not in a balanced position in any direction, and you should bail.

People don't want to bail in competition, 'cause they're less likely to win, eh?

There are injuries in every sport - Oly lifting included. Anyone want to talkk about knees in soccer or football? Head and neck trauma in football, or maybe hockey or (pro) boxing? One of Canada's premier gymnasts broke both legs when he missed a landing.

On the other hand, as linked above, the injury rate per athlete-hour is rather dramatically higher in most of the sports we have our kids play in school and community leagues.